International Trade Today is a Warren News publication.

US Chamber Developing Response to GDPR, State Privacy Laws, It Says, Raising Concerns

In response to the EU's "burdensome" general data protection regulation and California's precedent-setting privacy law, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is developing federal legislation to avoid “a nightmare” patchwork of rules, wrote Chamber CEO Thomas Donohue Monday. “In today’s interconnected…

Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article

If your job depends on informed compliance, you need International Trade Today. Delivered every business day and available any time online, only International Trade Today helps you stay current on the increasingly complex international trade regulatory environment.

world, data know no boundaries and require a federal framework,” said Donohue. Federal policy should “encourage cross-border data flows over data localization, which does little to protect privacy while making data more vulnerable and discouraging foreign investment,” he argued. Policymakers also should favor “long-term growth over short-term gains that may be achieved by limiting data flows and other practices that undermine competition,” he said.